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Attendance

Importance of attendance
Reporting absence
Punctuality

Why is attendance important?

Every day of education and indeed every lesson matters. In the National Curriculum where there is built in progression, children who are persistently late or absent soon get behind with learning and then do not understand current lessons when they return.

The introduction to a lesson and to the school day is crucial to the child’s understanding of their own learning. Children who miss school frequently will undoubtedly have gaps in their learning which will impede their progress and future ability to engage in lessons. This in turn has a knock on effect for their ability to concentrate and for their behaviour.

Frequent absence has a profound and cumulative effect on achievement.

  • Attendance and Punctuality Policy (332.34 KB)

Reporting absence

Parents and carers are asked to contact the academy office by phone or in person if their child needs to be absent from the academy.

Acceptable reasons include sickness, hospital appointments, dentist appointments, recognised religious holidays (1 day per holiday only) and funerals. Medical appointments should be arranged outside of the academy day, if possible. Where this is not possible, we would expect pupils to miss only part of the day.

Punctuality

The academy day starts at 8.30 and all academy doors are closed at 8:45am. Pupils who arrive after this time must enter the academy through the main entrance. They must then be signed into the late book.
Registers will close at 9:05am. Children who arrive after this time will be marked as ‘U’ (unauthorised absence). Any child receiving 5 U’s in any half term may be issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice.

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